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AL HB145

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/5/2013

Primary Sponsor

Richard Laird

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Origin

House of Representatives

Regular Session 2013

AI Summary

HB145 Summary

  • Proposes a constitutional amendment to modify Amendment 93 (as amended by Amendment 354) to the Alabama Constitution regarding vehicle-related fees and taxes.

  • Requires the Alabama Legislature to distribute fees from licensing and registration of boat trailers, including personal watercraft trailers, to rescue squads for providing rescue services.

  • Creates an exception to the existing constitutional requirement that vehicle-related fees be used only for highway construction, maintenance, repair, and traffic regulation and enforcement.

  • Requires an election on the proposed amendment in accordance with Alabama constitutional procedures, with ballot language describing the amendment's substance.

  • Election officials must assign a ballot number and present voters with a yes/no choice on whether to approve the constitutional amendment.

Legislative Description

Motor vehicles, boat trailers, including personal watercraft trailers, license and registration fee, tag, use of proceeds for rescue squads and Transportation Department, Amendment 93, as amended by Amendment 354, (Section 111.06, Recompiled Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended) am'd., const. amend.

Constitutional Amendments

Last Action

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means General Fund

2/5/2013

Committee Referrals

Ways and Means General Fund2/5/2013

Full Bill Text

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